Role of Weavers


 
 
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Role of Weavers

Role of Weavers: Amongst weavers some produced coarse cloth while others wove finer qualities. The coarse cloth was purchased by the poor. Its demand fluctuated due to bad harvests or famines. In times of bad harvest and famines, poor people could not buy cloth as they had little to eat and their cash income disappeared.  The finer varieties were bought by the rich. Famines did not affect the sale of fine varieties such as Baluchari and Banarasi saris. Further mill could not imitate the intricate designs of the weavers. Weavers and other craftspeople lived hard lives. Their life and labour was integral to the process of industrialisation.

 
 


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